Carpet-fastener



(NoModeL) V W. H. MGPADDIN & J.- P. LUCAS.

CARPET FASTENER. No. 317,824. Patented May 12, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

XVILLIAM H. MCFADDIN AND JOSIAH P. LUCAS, OF OADIZ, OHIO.

CARPET- FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,824, dated May 12,1885.

Application filed February 28, 1885. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. MoFAn- DIN and Josrau P. LUCAS, citizensof the United States, residing at Cadiz, in the county of Harrison andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOarpet-Fasteners; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention has relation to carpet-fasteners, and has for an objectto provide a fastener which will securely hold the carpet in such mannerthat it may be easily released, and to so construct the fastener thatthe fastening devices will be obscured from view and the complete devicewill present the appearance of an ornamental molding. It has for furtherobject to so form and connect the sections of the fast ener that theedges of the carpet will be protected from the ingress of dust, and theportion of such carpet close to the outer edge of the fastener will beheld close to the floor.

To the ends described theinvention consists in certain novelconstructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, which will befirst fully described, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an edge view of a section of carpet securedby our fastening. Fig. 2 is a sectional view drawn through the hinge ofthe section, with the motions indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is asectional view illustrating the manner of supporting the retaining hooksor studs; and Figs. 4 and 5 represent, in respectively edge view andsection, a slightly-modified manner of applying our fastening to thecarpet.

The fastening is composed of an under or lower section, A, and an uppersection, B, which sections are hinged together at one edge, 0, so theymay be turned together or apart, as will be understood from full anddotted lines in Fig. 2. The lower section has its outer side formed withwalls a a at or approximately at right angles to each other, and itsinner face is formed with a longitudinal groove, 05*, in the base ofwhich are secured the upwardly-projecting pins or studs D, by which toretain the carpet. The upper section has its inner side formed with alongitudinal rib, b, which fits partially into the groove (6 of thelower section, and has formed in it small recesses b, which are soarranged and formed as to receive the points of the pins or studs Dwhenthe sections are brought together on the carpet, and they thusprevent the carpet from becoming detached from the pins or studs, and atthe same time hold the points of said studs from bending outwardly andreleasing the carpet, as will be understood.

In the preferred manner of using the improvement, as illustrated inFigs. 1, 2, and 3, the wall a of the lower section is vertical, and issecured parallel to the wash-board, as seen in Fig. '1. For this reason,and for convenience of reference,the said wall will be hereinafterreferred to as the vertical wall or edge of the said section. The outerside of the upper section is formed in ogee or other suitable moldingshape to give a finish to the improvement. The edge of the outersection, it will be noticed, opposite the hinged edge 0, extends at Bbeyond the vertical edge oftheinner section a distance about equal asingle thickness of carpet. The object of this extension Bwill appear inthe description of the use of the improvement which will now be made.

In operation the carpet is placed between the two sections A and B, withthe nap next the lower section, and the sections are then turnedtogether, so as to cause the carpet to be held by the hooks, as will beseen. The fastening-strip is then turned on the carpet to bring the facea of the lower section flat against the nap of thecarpet, and thefastening is then placed against the wash-board,as shown in Fig. 1, andsecured by screws or nails driven through the two sections into thefloor; or an equivalent would be to drive the said screw or nail intothe wash-board. By this arrangement it will be noticed there is provideda portion of the carpet lapped against the washboard, and which portionof carpet is covered by the extension 13 of the section B. This, lappingportion of the carpet serves as a packing to prevent the ingress of coldat the edges of the floor, and the extension 13 serves as a guard bywhich to prevent dust from the room accumulating on or back of suchlapped portion of the carpet by fitting snugly against the wash-boardabove such portion, as shown.

There are other advantages attained by rolling the fastening-strip onthe carpet. One is,

that by folding such carpet over the upper edge of the vertical face aand on the joint of faces a a friction is produced which relieves thepins or studs from considerable of the strain which would otherwise beexerted thereon in stretching the carpet. Another advantage is, that bythe arrangement shown there is avoided the bulging appearance exhibitedwhere carpets are secured ,by tacks at intervals, said bulging occurringbetween the tacks. By this improvement such bulging is obviated to aconsiderable extent by the frictional bends before referred to, and suchbulging as does take place is back ofthe outer edge of the face a of thesection, so that the carpet presents next the fastening a smooth, evenappearance.

For the reason before described, by which a packing of carpet isprovided, the pins are relieved of strain, and the bulging appearance ofcarpet is obviated, it is preferred to use the improvement. in themanner shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and before described. It is manifest,however, that the invention might be used in the manner shown in Figs. 4and5'. In such use the face a is laid flat on the floor, and theextension B bears on the carpet in advance of the fastening, and holdsthe carpet firmly against the floor, and thus serves to obviate to alimited extent the bulging before referred to, and also prevents thesifting under the carpet of any dust that may pass or accumulate back ofthe fastener. In this use also the fitting of the points of the studsinto recesses or seats in the upper section serves the same end in thearrangement first above described.

Instead of securing the pins to the under section and forming the seatsin the upper section, this order may be reversed as an equivalent of thearrangement shown.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a carpetfastener, of the inner section or strip,the outer strip hinged at one edge to the inner section, and having itsother edge extended beyond said inner section a distance approximatelyequal to the thickness of a carpet, pins or studs between, thesections,whereby to secure the carpet, and screws turned through boththe fastening-strips and into the floor, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a carpet-fastener, of the lower section having ahorizontal face, a, and a perpendicular face, a, studs or pins on saidlower section, and the upper section hinged at one edge to the lowersection at the outer edge of the face a, and having its other edgeextended at B beyond the perpendicular edge a, and a fastening screw orscrews, all arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM H. MOFADDIN. JOSIAH P. LUCAS.

\Vitn esses:

J. O. BA'YLESS, R. A. MCCORMICK.

